Research Catalog

Title

Black Elk speaks / John G. Neihardt ; with a new introduction by Philip J. Deloria and annotations by Raymond J. DeMallie.

Author

Black Elk, 1863-1950

Publication

• Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
• ©2014

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Details

Additional Authors

Neihardt, John G., 1881-1973

Description

xxxviii, 369 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Summary

This is the story of the Oglala Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863-1950) and his people during momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century. It is at once a tale of Lakota life, a history of a Native nation, and an enduring spiritual testament, wherein the author conveys Black Elk's searing visions of the unity of humanity and Earth. Black Elk met the author, a distinguished poet, writer, and critic in 1930 on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and asked him to share his story with the world. This complete edition features a new introduction and annotations of Black Elk's story. Three essays by the author provide background, along with other pieces by contributors, as well as original illustrations by Standing Bear..

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subjects

• Autobiographies
• Biography
• RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal
• HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
• Lakota Indians
• Oglala Indians > Religion
• Oglala Indians > Biography
• Black Elk, 1863-1950

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Autobiographies

Note

• First published in 1932.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-339) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The offering of the pipe -- Early boyhood -- The great vision -- The bison hunt -- At the soldier's town -- HIgh Horse's courting -- Wasichus in the hills -- The fight with Three Stars -- The rubbing out of Long Hair -- Walking the black road -- The killing of Crazy Horse -- Grandmother's land -- The compelling fear -- The horse dance -- The dog vision -- Heyoka ceremony -- The first cure -- The powers of the bison and the elk -- Across the Big Water -- The spirit journey -- The messiah -- Visions of the other world -- Bad trouble coming -- The butchering at Wounded Knee -- The end of the dream -- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Julius House, August 10, 1930 -- Gallery of the drawings by Standing Bear, Black Elk's friend -- Letter from John G. Neihardt to Nick Black Elk, 6 November 1930 --"A Great Indian Poet" from Of Making Many Books, June 20, 1931 -- "John G. Neihardt and Nicholas Black Elk" by Raymond J. DeMallie -- "John G. Neihardt beyond Black Elk" by Alexis N. Petri -- "Neihardt and Black Elk" by Lori Utecht -- Comparison of the transcript and draft of "Origin of the Peace Pipe" -- Lakota words used in the text.

ISBN

• 9780803283916 (paperback)
• 0803283911 (paperback)
• 9780803283930 (epub) (canceled/invalid)
• 9780803283947 (mobi) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2013049580

OCLC

• 862098113
• SCSB-12310988

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library